accessibility guidelines, the Access Board’s current accessibility guidelines, and why the Access Board is proposing to issue accessibility guidelines for pedestrian facilities in the public...
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Need for Rulemaking
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§ 35.161(b)
(b) When a public entity uses an automated attendant system for receiving and directing incoming telephone calls, that automated attendant system must provide effective communication with...
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§104.6(c)(2)
employs fifteen or more persons shall, for at least three years following completion of the evaluation required under paragraph (c)(1) of this section, maintain on file, make available for public...
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Sec.36.204 Administrative methods.
A public accommodation shall not, directly or through contractual or other arrangements, utilize standards or criteria or methods of administration that have the effect of discriminating...
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§ 35.135 Personal devices and services.
This part does not require a public entity to provide to individuals with disabilities personal devices, such as wheelchairs; individually prescribed devices, such as prescription eyeglasses...
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Individual with a disability (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
"Individual with a disability'' means a person who has a disability but does not include an individual who is currently illegally using drugs, when the public accommodation acts on the basis...
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§ 37.73(b)
(b) A public entity may purchase or lease a used vehicle for use on its fixed route system that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities if, after making...
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What constitutes discrimination?
Discrimination is the failure to give a person with a disability the equal opportunity to use or enjoy the public accommodation’s goods, services, or facilities....
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Introduction
Institute for Museum and Library Services, there are about 17,500 museums across the United States that care for more than 750 million objects and live specimens in order to engage the public...
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Effective date for barrier removal. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Barrier removal has been an ongoing requirement that has applied to public accommodations since the original regulation took effect on January 26, 1992....
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3.3.4. Audio Description Device Scoping Requirements
For audio description devices, NATO in its public comments suggested that movie theaters maintain one audio description device for every two auditoriums, with a minimum of two devices...
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INVESTIGATION AND FINDINGS
The Hospitals are “public accommodations” within the meaning of title III of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12181(7)(F), and its implementing regulation at 28 C.F.R. § 36.104. 8....
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6. Do the ADA and Olmstead apply to persons at serious risk of segregation in sheltered workshops?
For example, public entities, including state and local education agencies, may be contributing to a pipeline to segregation if vocational rehabilitation counselors, caseworkers, and other...
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Section 35.133 Maintenance of accessible features. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
(Section-by-Section Analysis) Section 35.133 in the 1991 title II regulation provides that a public entity must maintain in operable working condition those features of facilities and...
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THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION
(b) The right to the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges of any place of public resort, accommodation, assemblage, or amusement . . . ....
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Rulemaking History
In order to encourage public participation in the development of the Department's rules under the ADA, the Department held four public hearings....
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Web site accessibility. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
When the ADA was enacted in 1990, the Internet was unknown to most of the public....
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BACKGROUND AND JURISDICTION
Title II of the ADA and its implementing regulation require public entities to make their programs, services, and activities accessible to qualified individuals with disabilities. ...
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1009.8 Two-way communication
Exceptions: Two-way communication systems are not required at the landing serving each elevator or bank of elevators where the two-way communication system is provided within areas...
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907.5.2.3 Visible alarms
Visual alarm notification appliances are not required in critical care areas of Group I-2 occupancies that are in compliance with Section 907.5.2.5....
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907.5.2.3 Visible alarms
Visual alarm notification appliances are not required in critical care areas of Group I-2 occupancies that are in compliance with Section 907.5.2.5....
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1009.8 Two-way communication
Exceptions: Two-way communication systems are not required at the landing serving each elevator or bank of elevators where the two-way communication system is provided within areas...
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Turning Space: ADA Standard Section 809.2.2
space that is at least 36 inches (915 mm) wide, as opposed to the required 30 inches (760 mm) wide, that clearance can be part of a T-turn, thereby maximizing efficient use of the kitchen area...
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11B-233.3.1.2.6.4 Test number three, unusual characteristics test
Unusual characteristics include sites located in a state or federally designated floodplain or coastal high-hazard areas and sites subject to other similar requirements of law or code that...